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Glottodidactics: Methods and Approaches in Language Teaching

This programme introduces students to the basic concepts of the theory of foreign language teaching

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Ivana V

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5 HOURS

5 LESSONS

Glottodidactics: Methods and Approaches in Language Teaching

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Course Overview


This course offers an insight into its core elements of foreign language teaching. Students are provided with the historical overview of the most important methods of English language teaching, the concept of principled eclecticism, the post-method era and the main trends in the contemporary foreign language teaching. The methods and approaches are introduced as they emerged chronologically in the course of history of methodology of teaching and each of them are scrutinized for its advantages, as well as its shortcomings. The most important part of each of the lessons is understanding the applicability of the techniques and procedures pertaining to each of the approaches in a modern classroom, as each of them has psychological reasoning and has had successful outcomes throughout history behind leading to its emergence. Finally, students are given guidance as to how to use these as a part of their eclectic approach to teaching in a modern context in a post-method era, using accessible multimedia. As a most recent and effective tool, we define the contributions of the CEFR (The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) as a comprehensive, transparent and coherent frame of reference for language learning, to a renewal of modern language teaching and we discuss as concretely as possible how a language teacher can exploit the resources offered by these tools.

Course Content


15 LESSONS

15 HOURS Total Length

Lesson 1

Introduction: On Methods and Approaches

60 minutes

Lesson 2

The Grammar-Translation Method

60 minutes

Lesson 3

The Direct Method

60 minutes

Lesson 4

The Audio-Lingual Method

60 minutes

Lesson 5

The Silent Way

60 minutes

Lesson 6

Community Language Learning

60 minutes

Lesson 7

Communicative Language Teaching

60 minutes

Lesson 8

Total Physical Response

60 minutes

Lesson 9

The Natural Approach

60 minutes

Lesson 10

Suggestopedia - Desuggestopedia

60 minutes

Lesson 11

Task-Based and Participatory Approaches

60 minutes

Lesson 12

CLIL

60 minutes

Lesson 13

Cooperative Language Learning

60 minutes

Lesson 14

Making Sense of it All

60 minutes

Lesson 15

The Classroom and the CEFR

60 minutes

Key Skills


Language

Critical Thinking

Planning

English Language

Educator

Ivana V

English Language Educator

Ivana has been teaching English professionally for over 10 years to students of all ages and backgrounds. She is dedicated to designing lessons that meet the needs, learning style and pace of the student.

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